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Cross

William Crosse,
of "Bromfield", Somersetshire (must be Broomfield, Somerset).
He mar Mary ----.
They had issue:

Rev. Benjamin Cross,
or Crosse, 3rd son.
NOT of Chester. This is confusion with someone of the same name at Oxford around this time.
[Fuller, 1866] says he was of "Somersetshire".
He was educ Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Entered 1657. BA 1661.
D.D. (Doctor of Divinity).
Precentor of Cloyne (Co.Cork) 1664-1683.
He mar Anne Eveleigh.
They had issue:

1. Elizabeth Cross,
   born 1669.
   She mar probably in 1690-1693 to John Blennerhassett, "Black Jack" and had issue.

View of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, published 1690.
Shows the new Chapel, which was built 1677 (just after Cross' time).
From here.
See modern view.

The entry for Benjamin Cross in Alumni Cantabrigienses (2011)

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References

• Cross ancestry in "Black Jack's Book". See p.53 of [Hickson, 1872].
• Cross and Eveleigh ancestry in [Fuller, 1866] and [Fuller, 1876].

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Sources yet to be consulted

• See [Pielou, 1935, pp.190-192] for more on Cross ancestry.

• [Brady's Records of Cork, Cloyne and Ross]
  • Benjamin Cross on p.106 and pp.110-111 of Vol.1.
  • Benjamin Cross on p.308 of Vol.2.

• 1672 visitations list Benjamin Cross married to Ann Eveleigh, and more Crosse family.